Tri-Star ADAS opens in Tennessee to provide OEM-compliant calibrations

Founded by collision repair professional Andy Spence, the advanced driver-assistance systems calibration facility held its open house on July 22

Jackson, Tenn.—Car ADAS Solutions has announced the opening of a new licensee location in Jackson, Tenn., Tri-Star ADAS.

Founded by collision repair professional Andy Spence, the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) calibration facility held its open house on July 22 and is providing OEM-compliant calibrations to the Jackson area with the support of Car ADAS Solutions.

“Andy Spence is a high-integrity business partner,” said Greg Peeters, CEO of Car ADAS Solutions. “He and his team consistently go the extra mile to do things the right way — from rebuilding his calibration center from the ground up to meticulously following and documenting our OEM-centric procedures.”

Spence explained, “We had been scanning cars for a while, but as ADAS technology became more common, I saw mobile techs doing calibrations in my sloped parking lot. At the end of the day, I’m liable for those repairs, and that didn’t sit well with me.”

After meeting with Peeters at the SEMA Show in 2022, and following a visit to the Car ADAS Solutions’ Salt Lake City, Utah, training center, Spence committed to launching a calibration center with their partnership.

Spence recruited his son, Hayden, and former technician, Bryant, to form the core of the Tri-Star team. Together, the trio completed a week of hands-on training in Utah before beginning work out of a temporary space inside their collision center.

Construction on the new 4,000-square-foot calibration facility wrapped up earlier this year. “It’s the kind of space where you feel like you could do surgery,” said Spence. “We wanted people to walk in and immediately understand how seriously we take this.”

Currently, the center supports its sister facility, Mitchell’s Body Shop, while actively building relationships with other repairers across the region.

“We’ve already seen how many calibrations we were missing before,” Spence said. “Now we’re catching everything, and that has made us better across the board.”